By Marianne Lincoln I rose Sunday before the break of dawn, the Moran Mansion was still glowing through the fog hanging over the harbor. I showered, packed my bags, grabbed my camera and headed off to the south east corner of the island to find the sunrise that was foretold at last night’s dinner. Up the…
Category: Waterfront
We want to trust…but, we need to verify!
By Spanaway Lake Waterfront Landowners Group SPANAWAY, WA — This above small, but tireless lake property owners’ group, want neighbors to know that the challenge of correctly interpreting the pierce county shoreline management plan continues! This group mentioned above has been meeting regularly and has committed countless hours going through the draft text, line-by-line. Why? …
Winter escape to Orcas Island – Part II
By Marianne Lincoln In the dark of early morning, around 5:30 a.m., a small cloud began to creep over the harbor at the Rosario. By 6:30 a.m. there was a gray sheet of fog hanging over the entire resort. I arose, dressed and headed off across the island to find a place where a sunrise might…
Feb 5 meeting postponed to Feb 12
SPANAWAY, WA — Please be advised that the originally scheduled meeting for this Wednesday, Feb. 5, at Spanaway Elementary School library is postponed. Per the volume of information shared by both county employees and non-county individuals/residents/experts…it is apparent that MISINFORMATION is circulating, thus causing additional confusion to our efforts. In an effort to clarify both…
Waterfront owners meeting tomorrow, Wed 1/29 @ 6:30
Just a reminder, we are having a lakeowners meeting at Spanaway Elementary School’s library upstairs at 6:30 – 8 pm. The elevator will be working. Bring your laptops, tablets, paper and pens. Our speaker from last week will be returning and helping us to understand the plan better and helping us with our wording for…
Water quality levels normal at Chambers Creek Regional Park after discharge
The water quality levels at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place tested normal and an advisory cautioning people to stay out of the water was lifted Jan. 27 by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department following an incident last week at the Chambers Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. On Jan. 22, a brief mechanical failure…
The shoreline proposal, from Debra Hyde
By Marianne Lincoln Wednesday afternoon I had an interview with Debby Hyde from Planning and Land Services regarding the proposal for Pierce County shorelines. There is a proposed plan working its way through the process. There will be public hearings on it in March and the county is likely to have it before the council…
Letter from a lake homeowner
Dear Councilman Roach: Thank you so much for coming to our Spanaway Lake meeting about the Shoreline Management Plan. I am one of the concerned home owners on the lake. My house would be one of the homes that would be the label “Non Conforming” It was built in the early nineteen hundreds. Over the years…
Oops – there goes your house on the lake, part 2
By Sherry Haviland OOPS……….. There goes your house on Spanaway Lake, Tule, Steilacoom, American, Tapps, Kapowsin, etc. any body of water in Pierce County! Even creeks and ponds! All bodies of water will be subjected to new shoreline regulations from Dept. of Ecology, developed or not! Setbacks will no longer be the main criteria Buffers…
The beauty of Spanaway Lake, our home
By Marianne Lincoln On a beautiful sunny Saturday in January, it was hard to resist taking a stroll in the park while the sun was still floating overhead. Add a friend and some dogs and what a pleasant afternoon. Fantasy Lights are gone; both gates are finally open again. From now until May, folks can freely…
Waterfront homeowners – Spanaway Elementary, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Jan. 16
If you own a home near a body of water anywhere in Pierce County, you should join the Spanaway Lake folks at Spanaway Elementary Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. From the organizers: Hi neighbor, my name is Sherry Haviland, I live on Spanaway Lake in the cove. I’ve received your emails and am notifying you…
75 feet from shoreline – what do you have?
SPANAWAY, WA — Thursday Jan. 9, two meetings were held at the Spanaway Round Table Pizza. These meeting were to raise awareness among people living near Pierce County bodies of water that their shoreline are about to have 75 foot buffers created. What do you have in Pierce County within 75 feet of a creek, river,…
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